Officials struggle to help Palo Alto deal with latest Caltrain death

Amid the tragic aftermath — for the third time since May — of a teen’s death on Palo Alto’s Caltrain tracks, city leaders will work this week to soothe a frayed community, promising an all-out bid to “prevent any more of these from happening.”

‘Stabilizing’ Silicon Valley economy? Jobless rate edges lower to 11.8% in July

Even as weary consumers reined in their out-on-the-town expenses, and school staffs took a big hit from the ongoing budget crisis in Sacramento, Silicon Valley’s unemployment rate managed to edge down a hair.

After a hot start, cash for clunkers finishes slowly at a San Jose auto mall

Today is the last day for the popular ‘cash for clunkers’ program, but last-minute buyers won’t have as many choices to choose on auto lots as before.

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Silicon Valley median house price rises in July to $540,000

It’s the first time home prices have topped the half-million-dollar mark since this past fall, a sign that buyers are purchasing not just bargain-priced post-foreclosure properties, but more expensive homes as well.

Districts focus on swine flu prevention as South Bay schools resume

South Bay students head back to school amid budget cuts and the swine flu outbreak.

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San Jose city officials to consider curb on plastic bags

San Jose officials will begin deciding this week whether to join some of the world’s largest cities — including Mumbai, Mexico City and Los Angeles — in banning the plastic bag.

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Empty office buildings dot Silicon Valley

The buildings are visible emblems of the layoffs, mergers and downsizing and new construction that have helped trigger what is arguably the slowest valley commercial real estate market since the dot-com bust.

A Silicon Valley version of the county fair

Instead of pie-eating contests, there are text-messaging and mobile-phone photo competitions.

Girl, 13, struck and killed by train in Palo Alto; suicide suspected

A girl walked into the path of a Caltrain Friday night at the same crossing where two Gunn High Schools students died last spring.

Labor dispute could lead to trash strike in San Jose

Federal mediators have been asked to resolve the dispute between GreenTeam and the Teamsters union over pay and benefits.

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